Laboratory Support Associate - GMC - Full time - Days
Laboratory Support Associate - GMC - Full time - Days
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Job Description
Location:
Geisinger Medical Center (GMC)Shift:
Days (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Worker Type:
RegularExemption Status:
NoJob Summary:
Join our team at Geisinger Medical Laboratories. You can find your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in our stateoftheart laboratories. Our mission is to provide exceptional patient care through innovative efficient and highquality laboratory services.Job Duties:
Supports pathologists and pathology department. Accessions pathology consult cases and external immunohistochemistry referrals. Facilitates movement of case material and documents for pathology review or consultation. Assists pathologists with documentation of report addendums amendments and edits.
- Coordinates and prioritizes daily workflow in a fastpaced environment; completion of assigned tasks in a timely manner.
- Answers department telephone calls responds to emails EPIC inbasket messages and Microsoft Teams messages to field requestors questions and concerns in a timely manner.
- Receives registers and accessions pathology consult cases and external immunohistochemistry referrals.
- Acts as a liaison between department and clinician offices as well as outside institutions to facilitate the sending of case material and reports as necessary for coordination of patient care.
- Manages internal and external requests for add on pathology testing.
- Retrieves pathology slides and paraffin blocks for add on testing clinical trials tumor boards pathology review second opinions and legal holds.
- Requests and receives consult reports and case material from clinician offices and outside institutions.
- Assures proper labeling of case material received from outside institutions; prepares cases for review by pathologists.
- Assists pathologists with addendums amendments and edits to pathology reports.
- Performs digital scanning of pathology consult slides and others as needed.
- Troubleshoots case delays reviews pathologist outstanding list and alerts pathologists of overdue cases.
- Manages multiple worklists for timely completion of tasks including adding tables and diagrams to cases.
- Performs various clerical duties to include scanning of documents data entry in various formats writing cover letters for send out consult cases autopsy case documentation specialty referral intra departmental and external case tracking and documentation and assisting with case reassignments as needed.
- Responsible for sorting and distributing incoming mail to the pathology department.
Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be allinclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
Position Details:
- Hours: 8am4:30pm
Geisinger cares about not only its patients and members but also about you and your family. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to ensure that you and your loved ones can maintain good health achieve financial stability and excel both personally and professionally. We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves. To learn more: of working at Geisinger:
- Full benefits (health dental and vision) starting on day one
- Three medical plan choices including an expanded network for outofarea employees and dependents
- Pretax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) anda health savings account (HSA)
- Companypaid life insurance shortterm disability and longterm disability coverage
- 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
- Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
- Up to $5000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
- MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
- Familyfriendly support including adoption and fertility assistance parental leave pay military leave pay and a free membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare eldercare & pet care. Access free legal guidance mental health visits worklife support digital selfhelp tools and more.
- Voluntary benefits including accident critical illness hospital indemnity insurance identity theft protection universal life and pet and legal insurance
Education:
High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED) (Required)Experience:
Minimum of 1 yearRelated work experience (Required)Certification(s) and License(s):
Skills:
Communication Computer Literacy Interpersonal Communication Multitasking Organizing Working IndependentlyOUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients our members our students our Geisinger family and our communities.
- KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
- EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
- LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
- INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients our members our community and the nation.
- SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one including vision dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration cooperation and collegiality.
We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
